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Flora Tristan
Flora Tristan, French author and activist (d. 1844)

#Flora_Tristan

Brooke Brodack
Brooke Brodack, American comedian

#Brooke_Brodack

Jaime de Marichalar
Jaime de Marichalar, Spanish businessman

#Jaime_de_Marichalar

Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, Hong Kong martial artist, actor, stuntman, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Jackie_Chan

Pope Clement XII
Pope Clement XII (d. 1740)

#Pope_Clement_XII

Charles Fourier
Charles Fourier, French philosopher and author (d. 1837)

#Charles_Fourier

Simon Woolford
Simon Woolford, Australian rugby league player

#Simon_Woolford

Guillaume Depardieu
Guillaume Depardieu, French actor (d. 2008)

#Guillaume_Depardieu

Hindrek Kesler
Hindrek Kesler, Estonian architect

#Hindrek_Kesler

Bobby Bare
Bobby Bare, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Bobby_Bare

Martyn Lewis
Martyn Lewis, Welsh journalist and author

#Martyn_Lewis

Tobias Stimmer
Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter and illustrator (d. 1584)

#Tobias_Stimmer

Donald Barthelme
Donald Barthelme, American short story writer and novelist (d. 1989)

#Donald_Barthelme

Johanna Allik
Johanna Allik, Estonian figure skater

#Johanna_Allik

Florian Schneider
Florian Schneider, German singer and drummer

#Florian_Schneider

Joël Robuchon
Joël Robuchon, French chef and author (d. 2018)

#Joël_Robuchon

Russell Crowe
Russell Crowe, New Zealand-Australian actor

#Russell_Crowe

Brian J. Doyle
Brian J. Doyle, American press secretary

#Brian_J._Doyle

Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Cîrstea, Romanian tennis player

#Sorana_Cîrstea

Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Francis_Ford_Coppola

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence

#Jeanine_Hennis-Plasschaert

Jakub Smrž
Jakub Smrž, Czech motorcycle rider

#Jakub_Smrž

Gustav Landauer
Gustav Landauer, Jewish-German theorist and activist (d. 1919)

#Gustav_Landauer

Zvika Hadar
Zvika Hadar, Israeli entertainer

#Zvika_Hadar

Hasan Tahsini
Hasan Tahsini, Albanian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1881)

#Hasan_Tahsini

Pascal Dupuis
Pascal Dupuis, Canadian ice hockey player

#Pascal_Dupuis

Herménégilde Chiasson
Herménégilde Chiasson, Canadian poet, playwright, and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick

#Herménégilde_Chiasson

Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer (d. 2012)

#Ravi_Shankar

Mongo Santamaría
Mongo Santamaría, Cuban-American drummer (d. 2003)

#Mongo_Santamaría

Anthony Caruso (actor)
Anthony Caruso, American actor (d. 2003)

#Anthony_Caruso_(actor)

Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1959)

#Billie_Holiday

Gino Severini
Gino Severini, Italian-French painter and author (d. 1966)

#Gino_Severini

François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy
François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general (d. 1730)

#François_de_Neufville,_duc_de_Villeroy

Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and activist (d. 1998)

#Marjory_Stoneman_Douglas

Ralph Flanagan
Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1995)

#Ralph_Flanagan

Roger Lemelin
Roger Lemelin, Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 1992)

#Roger_Lemelin

Nick Herbert
Nick Herbert, English businessman and politician, Minister for Policing

#Nick_Herbert

Colette Besson
Colette Besson, French runner and educator (d. 2005)

#Colette_Besson

Babatunde Olatunji
Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian-American drummer, educator, and activist (d. 2003)

#Babatunde_Olatunji

Clement Smoot
Clement Smoot, American golfer (d. 1963)

#Clement_Smoot

Charles Vanik
Charles Vanik, American soldier, judge, and politician (d. 2007)

#Charles_Vanik

Andrew Hampsten
Andrew Hampsten, American cyclist

#Andrew_Hampsten

Christian Fuchs
Christian Fuchs, Austrian footballer

#Christian_Fuchs

Edoardo Mangiarotti
Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer (d. 2012)

#Edoardo_Mangiarotti

John Oates
John Oates, American singer-songwriter guitarist, and producer

#John_Oates

Epifanio de los Santos
Epifanio de los Santos, Filipino jurist, historian, and scholar (d. 1927)

#Epifanio_de_los_Santos

Luka Milivojevi?
Luka Milivojevi?, Serbian footballer

#Luka_Milivojevi?

Gerhard Schröder
Gerhard Schröder, German lawyer and politician, 7th Chancellor of Germany

#Gerhard_Schröder

Jeetendra
Jeetendra, Indian actor, TV and film producer

#Jeetendra

Ichinoj? Takashi
Ichinoj? Takashi, Mongolian sumo wrestler

#Ichinoj?_Takashi

Wayne Rogers
Wayne Rogers, American actor, investor, and producer (d. 2015)

#Wayne_Rogers

Charlie Thomas (musician)
Charlie Thomas, American singer

#Charlie_Thomas_(musician)

Mitchell Pearce
Mitchell Pearce, Australian rugby league player

#Mitchell_Pearce

Hugh Blair
Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author (d. 1800)

#Hugh_Blair

Thurl Bailey
Thurl Bailey, American basketball player and actor

#Thurl_Bailey

Alison Lapper
Alison Lapper, English painter and photographer

#Alison_Lapper

Kevin Alejandro
Kevin Alejandro, American actor and producer

#Kevin_Alejandro

Marju Lauristin
Marju Lauristin, Estonian academic and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Social Affairs

#Marju_Lauristin

Teddy Riner
Teddy Riner, French judoka

#Teddy_Riner

Tony Dorsett
Tony Dorsett, American football player

#Tony_Dorsett

Yves Rocher
Yves Rocher, French businessman, founded the Yves Rocher Company (d. 2009)

#Yves_Rocher

Jan van Roessel
Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (d. 2011)

#Jan_van_Roessel

Michèle Torr
Michèle Torr, French singer and author

#Michèle_Torr

Bobby Doerr
Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and coach (d. 2017)

#Bobby_Doerr

Jon Stead
Jon Stead, English footballer

#Jon_Stead

Humza Yousaf
Humza Yousaf, Scottish politician

#Humza_Yousaf

Robert Casadesus
Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (d. 1972)

#Robert_Casadesus

Mitch Daniels
Mitch Daniels, American academic and politician, 49th Governor of Indiana

#Mitch_Daniels

Thelma Walker
Thelma Walker, British politician

#Thelma_Walker

Gabriela Mistral
Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)

#Gabriela_Mistral

David Frost
David Frost, English journalist and game show host (d. 2013)

#David_Frost

Martín Cáceres
Martín Cáceres, Uruguayan footballer

#Martín_Cáceres

Douglas Kell
Douglas Kell, English biochemist and academic

#Douglas_Kell

Ronde Barber
Ronde Barber, American football player and sportscaster

#Ronde_Barber

Hans van Hemert
Hans van Hemert, Dutch songwriter and producer

#Hans_van_Hemert

Bodo Illgner
Bodo Illgner, German footballer

#Bodo_Illgner

Percy Faith
Percy Faith, Canadian composer, conductor, and bandleader (d. 1976)

#Percy_Faith

Werner Schroeter
Werner Schroeter, German director and screenwriter (d. 2010)

#Werner_Schroeter

Antonio Piccolo
Antonio Piccolo, Italian footballer

#Antonio_Piccolo

Gary Kellgren
Gary Kellgren, American record producer, co-founded Record Plant (d. 1977)

#Gary_Kellgren

Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown, American lawyer and politician, 34th and 39th Governor of California

#Jerry_Brown

Franck Ribéry
Franck Ribéry, French footballer

#Franck_Ribéry

Megas
Megas, Icelandic singer-songwriter

#Megas

James Garner
James Garner, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2014)

#James_Garner

John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1721)

#John_Sheffield,_1st_Duke_of_Buckingham_and_Normanby

Tiki Barber
Tiki Barber, American football player and journalist

#Tiki_Barber

Suzann Pettersen
Suzann Pettersen, Norwegian golfer

#Suzann_Pettersen

Gorden Kaye
Gorden Kaye, English actor (d. 2017)

#Gorden_Kaye

Rozalie Hirs
Rozalie Hirs, Dutch composer and poet

#Rozalie_Hirs

Ricky Watters
Ricky Watters, American football player

#Ricky_Watters

Tim Peake
Tim Peake, British astronaut

#Tim_Peake

Kim Kap-soo
Kim Kap-soo, South Korean actor

#Kim_Kap-soo

Andrew Sachs
Andrew Sachs, German-English actor and screenwriter (d. 2016)

#Andrew_Sachs

Allen Dulles
Allen Dulles, American lawyer and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1969)

#Allen_Dulles

Victor Kraatz
Victor Kraatz, German-Canadian figure skater

#Victor_Kraatz

Francis Xavier
Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary and saint, co-founded the Society of Jesus (d. 1552)

#Francis_Xavier

Janar Talts
Janar Talts, Estonian basketball player

#Janar_Talts

Edwin T. Layton
Edwin T. Layton, American admiral (d. 1984)

#Edwin_T._Layton

Eelco Sintnicolaas
Eelco Sintnicolaas, Dutch decathlete

#Eelco_Sintnicolaas

Spencer Dryden
Spencer Dryden, American drummer (d. 2005)

#Spencer_Dryden

Trent Cotchin
Trent Cotchin, Australian footballer

#Trent_Cotchin

Kurt von Schleicher
Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany (d. 1934)

#Kurt_von_Schleicher

Christian O'Connell
Christian O'Connell, British radio DJ and presenter

#Christian_O'Connell

Frederick Carl Frieseke
Frederick Carl Frieseke, German-American painter (d. 1939)

#Frederick_Carl_Frieseke

Richard Gomez
Richard Gomez, Filipino actor and politician

#Richard_Gomez

Franco Di Santo
Franco Di Santo, Argentinian footballer

#Franco_Di_Santo

Rafaela Gómez
Rafaela Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player

#Rafaela_Gómez

Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire
Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire (d. 1498)

#Edward_Stafford,_2nd_Earl_of_Wiltshire

Alan J. Pakula
Alan J. Pakula, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998)

#Alan_J._Pakula

Jon Cruddas
Jon Cruddas, English lawyer and politician

#Jon_Cruddas

Adolf Dymsza
Adolf Dymsza, Polish actor (d. 1975)

#Adolf_Dymsza

Janis Ian
Janis Ian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Janis_Ian

Cornelia Frances
Cornelia Frances, English-Australian actress (d. 2018)

#Cornelia_Frances

Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg, American activist and author

#Daniel_Ellsberg

Bill Stoneman
Bill Stoneman, American baseball player and manager

#Bill_Stoneman

John McGraw
John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (d. 1934)

#John_McGraw

Marco Delvecchio
Marco Delvecchio, Italian footballer

#Marco_Delvecchio

Bill Bellamy
Bill Bellamy, American comedian, actor, and producer

#Bill_Bellamy

Paul Berth
Paul Berth, Danish footballer (d. 1969)

#Paul_Berth

Aaron Gray (rugby league)
Aaron Gray, Australian rugby league player

#Aaron_Gray_(rugby_league)

William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth, English poet (d. 1850)

#William_Wordsworth

M. Balasundaram
M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1965)

#M._Balasundaram

Louise Currie
Louise Currie, American actress (d. 2013)

#Louise_Currie

Domenico Dragonetti
Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (d. 1846)

#Domenico_Dragonetti

William Ellery Channing
William Ellery Channing, American preacher and theologian (d. 1842)

#William_Ellery_Channing

Oshik Levi
Oshik Levi, Israeli singer and actor

#Oshik_Levi

Béla Mavrák
Béla Mavrák, Hungarian tenor singer

#Béla_Mavrák

Ronnie Belliard
Ronnie Belliard, American baseball player

#Ronnie_Belliard

Brett Whiteley
Brett Whiteley, Australian painter (d. 1992)

#Brett_Whiteley

Walter Winchell
Walter Winchell, American journalist and radio host (d. 1972)

#Walter_Winchell

Sandy Powell (costume designer)
Sandy Powell, English costume designer

#Sandy_Powell_(costume_designer)

Will Keith Kellogg
Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (d. 1951)

#Will_Keith_Kellogg

James Curtiss
James Curtiss, American journalist and politician, 11th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1859)

#James_Curtiss

Buster Douglas
Buster Douglas, American boxer and actor

#Buster_Douglas

Jessica Lee
Jessica Lee, English lawyer and politician

#Jessica_Lee

Ed Speleers
Ed Speleers, English actor and producer

#Ed_Speleers

Randall Davidson
Randall Davidson, Scottish archbishop (d. 1930)

#Randall_Davidson

Margarete Schön
Margarete Schön, German actress (d. 1985)

#Margarete_Schön

Hodding Carter III
Hodding Carter III, American journalist and politician, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs

#Hodding_Carter_III

John Cooper (musician)
John Cooper, American singer-songwriter and bass player

#John_Cooper_(musician)

Gregg Jarrett
Gregg Jarrett, American lawyer and journalist

#Gregg_Jarrett

Adrián Beltré
Adrián Beltré, Dominican-American baseball player

#Adrián_Beltré

KC Concepcion
KC Concepcion, Filipino actress and singer

#KC_Concepcion

Shel Bachrach
Shel Bachrach, American insurance broker, investor, businessman and philanthropist

#Shel_Bachrach

Ed Lafitte
Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and soldier (d. 1971)

#Ed_Lafitte

Duncan James
Duncan James, English singer-songwriter and actor

#Duncan_James

Walter Camp
Walter Camp, American football player and coach (d. 1925)

#Walter_Camp

Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2008)

#Freddie_Hubbard

Bert Ironmonger
Bert Ironmonger, Australian cricketer (d. 1971)

#Bert_Ironmonger

Cal Smith
Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)

#Cal_Smith

Michel Adanson
Michel Adanson, French botanist, entomologist, and mycologist (d. 1806)

#Michel_Adanson

Holger Pedersen (linguist)
Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic (d. 1953)

#Holger_Pedersen_(linguist)

Sonjay Dutt
Sonjay Dutt, American wrestler

#Sonjay_Dutt

Stanley Adams (actor)
Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1977)

#Stanley_Adams_(actor)

Christopher Darden
Christopher Darden, American lawyer and author

#Christopher_Darden

Dimitrij Rupel
Dimitrij Rupel, Slovenian politician and diplomate

#Dimitrij_Rupel

Joe Gallo
Joe Gallo, American gangster (d. 1972)

#Joe_Gallo

Annika Billström
Annika Billström, Swedish businesswoman and politician, 16th Mayor of Stockholm

#Annika_Billström

John Bernard Flannagan
John Flannagan, American soldier and sculptor (d. 1942)

#John_Bernard_Flannagan

Leif Ove Andsnes
Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist and educator

#Leif_Ove_Andsnes

Gerrit Dou
Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter (d. 1675)

#Gerrit_Dou

Guilherme Negueba, Brazilian footballer
Andreea Acatrinei, Romanian gymnast
Anne-Marie, English singer-songwriter
Anna Bogomazova, Russian-American kick-boxer, martial artist, and wrestler
Jamar Smith, American football player
Andi Fraggs, English singer-songwriter and producer
Jack Duarte, Mexican actor, singer, and guitarist (Eme 15)
Hiroko Shimabukuro, Japanese singer
Hamish Davidson, Australian musician
Kelli Young, English singer
Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress
Vanessa Olivarez, American singer-songwriter, and actress
Kazuki Watanabe, Japanese songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
Hitoe Arakaki, Japanese singer
Tetsuji Tamayama, Japanese actor
Dragan Bogavac, Montenegrin footballer
Danny Sandoval, Venezuelan-American baseball player
Patrick Crayton, American football player
Lilia Osterloh, American tennis player
Jo Appleby, English soprano
Gang Qiang, Chinese anchor
Barbara Jane Reams, American actress
Aaron Lohr, American actor
Martin Buß, German high jumper
Karin Dreijer Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
Brett Tomko, American baseball player
Carole Montillet, French skier
Vasiliy Sokov, Russian triple jumper
Jože Možina, Slovenian historian, sociologist and journalist
Jennifer Lynch, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
Duncan Armstrong, Australian swimmer and sportscaster
Simone Schilder, Dutch tennis player
Artemis Gounaki, Greek-German singer-songwriter
Gary Wilkinson, English snooker player
Nenad Vu?ini?, Serbian-New Zealand basketball player and coach
Steve Graves, Canadian ice hockey player
Jace Alexander, American actor and director
Dave Johnson, American decathlete and educator
Brigitte van der Burg, Tanzanian-Dutch geographer and politician
Pascal Olmeta, French footballer
Brian Haner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Georg Werthner, Austrian decathlete
Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (d. 2014)
Dennis Hayden, American actor
Gilles Valiquette, Canadian actor, singer, and producer
Jane Frederick, American hurdler and heptathlete
David Baulcombe, English geneticist and academic
Bruce Gary, American drummer (d. 2006)
Patricia Bennett, American singer
Stan Winston, American special effects designer and makeup artist (d. 2008)
Zaid Abdul-Aziz, American basketball player
Marilyn Friedman, American philosopher and academic
Gerry Cottle, English businessman
Julia Phillips, American film producer and author (d. 2002)
Warner Fusselle, American sportscaster (d. 2012)
Dennis Amiss, English cricketer and manager
Mick Abrahams, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Peter Fluck, English puppet maker and illustrator
James Di Pasquale, American composer
Iris Johansen, American author
Ian Richardson, Scottish-English actor (d. 2007)
Sak?p Sabanc?, Turkish businessman and philanthropist (d. 2004)
Roger Vergé, French chef and restaurateur (d. 2015)
Jane Priestman, English interior designer
Bob Denard, French soldier (d. 2007)
James White, Northern Irish author and educator (d. 1999)
Leonid Shcherbakov, Russian triple jumper
Chaturanan Mishra, Indian trade union leader and politician (d. 2011)
Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian-English author and screenwriter (d. 2009)
Feza Gürsey, Turkish mathematician and physicist (d. 1992)
R. G. Armstrong, American actor and playwright (d. 2012)
Henry Kuttner, American author (d. 1958)
Robert Charroux, French author and critic (d. 1978)
Pete Zaremba, American hammer thrower (d. 1994)
Roland Wilson, Australian economist and statistician (d. 1996)
Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (d. 1941)
Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, English race walker (d. 1984)
Erich Löwenhardt, Polish-German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1918)
Frits Peutz, Dutch architect, designed the Glaspaleis (d. 1974)
Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded the Lego Group (d. 1958)
Fay Moulton, American sprinter, football player, coach, and lawyer (d. 1945)
Nicola Sala, Italian composer and theorist (d. 1801)
John, 3rd Earl of Kent, English nobleman (d. 1352)
Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1253)